
Early 1960s crime drama starring Sean Connery as Paddy Damion a thief who is recruited by a mobster (Alfred Marks) to oversee his money collection Paddy is no thug but takes the job because his partner (Kenneth Griffith) has been injured in a robbery & he feels obligated to support him Marks is actually the puppet of criminal mastermind Zhernikov (Herbert Lom) who has the image of a respectable businessman but is in fact manipulating the local mobsters for his own ends Also in the mix are the beautiful Anya (Yvonne Romain) wannabe singer & Zhernikov&s mistress to whom Paddy immediately takes a shine & Sayers (John Gregson) the dedicated cop trying to crack open organised crime